The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 6l the expansion of the chest wouldfollow as a result, and set in motion those parts requisitioned during" laboured breathing. By a course of gymnastic training athletes would be enabled to do more than they have hitherto accomplished, and it does seem strange that a sporting country like England has very few sons who are gymnasts, although Continental countries, and especially Germany, educate their juvenile population in these veryexercises whichwe neglect. Medical men are quitealive to our wants in this direction, and through theirinstrumentality a few gymnastic institutions have sprung up more for school-children than for adults, andalthough a gym­ nasium is of vital importance to the cinder-path there is not a single athletic club that sports one. Surely the premier association, the L. A.C., should lose no time in setting a good example by running up a gym­ nastic shed, inwhich the British youth might show his muscle in more ways than one. A gymnastic meeting would be quite as attractive as a race one, and a new feature on the programme would bring a good gate—and this means money; with the certainty ofproducing men trained not as to their legs only, but throughout the entiremuscular system, andwith lungs capable of withstanding the effects of strain imposed upon them during laboured breathing. Until all kinds of gymnastic exercises are patronized, ourathlete will never be a complete individual. That he should be, is not only important in a national point of view, but also to the performer